1976 | 'The Bad News Bears'

1976 | 'The Bad News Bears'

Paramount / ABC

The players: Walter Matthau, left, as a cantankerous coach and Tatum O'Neal. How it changed the game: Ex-minor-league player Morris Buttermaker changed the game for a bunch of misfit kids on the worst team in Little League. He makes a series of unorthodox decisions (like recruiting Amanda Whurlizer, a 12-year-old girl, as the team's star pitcher), and leads them to the championships.

The players: Walter Matthau, left, as a cantankerous coach and Tatum O'Neal. How it changed the game: Ex-minor-league player Morris Buttermaker changed the game for a bunch of misfit kids on the worst team in Little League. He makes a series of unorthodox decisions (like recruiting Amanda Whurlizer, a 12-year-old girl, as the team's star pitcher), and leads them to the championships. (Paramount / ABC)

The players: Walter Matthau, left, as a cantankerous coach and Tatum O'Neal. How it changed the game: Ex-minor-league player Morris Buttermaker changed the game for a bunch of misfit kids on the worst team in Little League. He makes a series of unorthodox decisions (like recruiting Amanda Whurlizer, a 12-year-old girl, as the team's star pitcher), and leads them to the championships.